Rim for vehicle-wheels.



H. K. WHLBLOGK. RIM FOR VEHICLE WHEELS. 4 APPLIOATION FILED MAY 1, 1913.

E 1,084,050. Patented Jan. 13, 19,14.

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Specification oi "Letters lilatent.

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- Application vled .tay l, will. Serial Iifl'o. Zetti-5345:.

- an elastic tire may be quickly placed thereon and demounted therefrom'.

The advantages obtained by this'invention are that a tire can be slid laterally onto the outer face or periphery oi a vehicle wheel and removed therefrom quickly and with little work and when in place, held securely against movement either circumferential or lateral, the device Jfor holding the tire sey curely on the periphery of the wheel embodies means for clampingthe base or inner face of the tire against the periphery of the wheel. f

With the lforegoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, .combination and arrangement of vparts constituting the invention to be hereinafter specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing which formsa part hereof wherein is shown the preferred embodiment ot the invention, out it is to be understood that changes, varia tions and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of the claim hereunto appended.

lll`he drawing presented is a transverse sectional view of so much et the rim portion ot a 'vehicle Wheel as will illustrate the construction thereof, also showing tire 'posi tioned on lthe periphery of the wheel, and my improved tire-retaining means in opera tive connection, both with the wheel and the tire.

Referring more specilicall;v to the drawings the reference numeral l'denotes the telly of an ordinary vehicle wheel on which may be mounted a telly-band 2 which preterably projects beyond the lateral side flancs et the telly 1. Positioned on the outer face of the elly band 2 is a tire 3 the cross sectional configuration of which is immaterial. to this invention and which is preferably provided l l l l l with a hard rubber base l' which is vulcanized to a ring 5 which may 4"be annular or in the form et a broken ring. l preteraloly provide the lateral edges ot the band 5 with outwardly-projecting Ybeads 6 adjacent to which are circumferentially-extendine grooves or channels 'i' a. purpose to be ater described.

Vihe tiresecuring means emliodies a pair ot' hrolren'rings d which may he made in the form et haltcireles or may be ordinary broken rinrgs. vThe outer portions 9 of the `tire-retaininrg` means are hooleshaped and are arranged to engage the lateral. portions of the band Sand preferably seat on the beads G. if desiredA the inturned edges of the portions 9 may extend into thechannels Y. Below the portions 9 opt the tire-retaining means the latter are lient imvardly at l() and from thence are provided with portions il which extend inwarliy parallel with the side lfaces of the telly l. yllhe portions ll. are provided with series of large apertures 1Q which are arrangel to loe positioned in registerinpb1 relation respect to transverse apertures formed in tee telly l and also when properly positioned the two rings will be so'arranged 'that the apertures l2 therein and the apertures in the telly l will be in transverse alinement with each other. 'llhe inner portions 'll ot the clam ping inembers 8 are drawn toward each other and toward the side t'aces of the telly l. through the medium of holts lrl 'provided with nuts ld. 'lhe opposin5;,M jfaces oi? the heads ot the bolts and the nuts are gr'cilferably convert to engage the walls ci: 'l' icrtions 'l'l surrounding the apertnits 'l2 and the bolts are considerably smaller in diameter than 'the dianieters et the open `s so as to allow considerable play or movement of the tireretaininga,l means 8 with respect to the bolts 13. The laterally-indi ed portions l0 of the tire-retain: members S are so ffashn ioned as to eng; the inner lateral edges of the telly hand E2, so that when the mem bers 8 are drawn toward each other as the nuts ld; are drawn up on the 'threaded shanlcs ot the bolts lil a wee action is set up by the ei'igargcmcn i th, inclined portions at the point '0 the members 53 and the iiXed inner lat c. cerner edges et the .telly-hand the efl'zect hers tl and tend to draw them inwardly, and as their onir tions engage the lateral ltOt of which islto contract the niemlill portions of the bands .5 the latter is snugly clamped or contracted onto the peripheryof the wheel.

I claim:

The combination with a vehicle Wheel, of a tire having a metallic inner base rim, an annularly-foi'med laterally-projecting meinber secured to said Wheel and a broken clamping ring secured to the side of said wheel, the outer portion of which is hookshaped to engage over the side edge of the metallic base rim, said clamping ring further provided with an inclined portion engaging the .side edge of said laterally-protract said ring thereby forcing said tire into engagement with the periphery of said wheel, and means engaging said clamping ring and Wheel for laterally shifting the former.- A

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence 0f two subscribing Witnesses.

HERBERT K. WHEELOCK. Witnesses:

C. E. HUMPHREY, A. L. McCL'IN'roCK. 

